Tag Archives: Group: Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

The Washington Post: A campaign to hold the pope responsible for “crimes against humanity” is not a publicity stunt, sex abuse victims say, even as experts doubt it will have much success at the International Criminal Court.

ACLU: “Attorneys are no longer required to seek permission from the government to provide uncompensated representation to individuals the government has placed on a list of designated terrorists, following a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in August.”

Ann Woolner writing at Bloomberg: “Known for English-language Internet sermons urging jihad on Americans, [Anwar al-Awlaki] has crossed the line from propagandist to become a leading al-Qaeda operative, authorities say . . . President Barack Obama’s administration earlier this year authorized his killing . . . Does an American abroad, who isn’t on a battlefield fighting fellow Americans, have the same protection as he does at home not to be killed by the government? Under what circumstances would such a killing be legal? Who gets to draw up the rules? Those are the questions posed by a lawsuit filed this week by two civil liberties group on behalf of the cleric’s father against Obama and other administration officials.” | ACLU Press Release; Complaint in Al-Aulaqi v. Obama, No. 10cv10-1469